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Halladay Gets Beat Up By The Cubs

After tonight’s horrifying loss to the Cubs, what I would like to know is, who kidnapped Roy Halladay and replaced him with an imposter?After six innings, this Halladay imposter had given up 6 runs, 5 of them earned. Who IS this guy?Will Ruben Amaro Jr. pay the ransom to get the real Halladay back?He wouldn’t pay to keep Cliff Lee, so I am not holding my breath. ;o)

Ok, back to reality…In one of Halladay’s worst outings as a Phillie, one thing did not change: he still did not get any run support from his offense.To make matters worse, the Phillies fielders did not bail him out in big situations either.In the 2nd inning, after already allowing 3 runs, Ryan Howard missed a foul ball pop-up from Derrek Lee that would have ended the inning.

Then, with 2 strikes on Lee and runners at first and third, Carlos Ruiz had a brain cramp.He decided to throw to second as Starlin Castro tried to steal and Ruiz botched the throw.Tyler Colvin scored easily from 3rd.Ruiz was given an error and Lee struck out on the next pitch.So that was one more unnecessary run handed over to the Cubs.

Things got monumentally worse in the 7th inning when the Phillies bullpen was called upon.JC Romero gave up 2 singles without recording an out and was pulled.The rookie David Herndon took over and the Cubs absolutely destroyed him.Herndon allowed 3 hits and a walk; by the end of the inning, 5 more runs had score.Two of those were charged to Romero and the other three to Herndon.

The score was 11-3 going into the 8th inning and basically, this game was over.Howard, Greg Dobbs and Ben Francisco all hit solo homers later, making the score 11-6, but that was the end of the scoring.The Phillies have not been hitting, now they are not pitching and even the fielding has been sloppy.In short, they are now worse than the Cubs.And that is very, very bad news.

This is just not the same Phillies team that fans have been used to seeing.They are not doing the little things right, as well as some big things, and they seem to have lost their Mojo.Maybe the Mojo was kidnapped along with Halladay?

Even more disturbing, Howard hit home runs in 3 out of 4 games of this Cubs series and the Phillies lost all three of those games.When even the Howard magic is not lighting a spark under this team, the Phillies are in big trouble.

The team travels to St. Louis next for a 4-game series with the Cardinals.It is just a guess, but I am willing to bet that facing Albert Pujols is not going to help the Phillies find their Mojo any faster.Game time tomorrow is 7:05pm.

Why ESPN Broadcasts Are So Entertaining:

In the first inning alone, ESPN viewers were treated to these gems:

– Joe Morgan says that Placido Polanco “runs well from the right side.”As opposed to??He only hits from the right side.

2 Comments

I feel your pain Jenn both with the losses and having to listen to Joe Morgan. Miller is OK but Morgan’s ego is …well, I am surprise the ego fits thru the door. Dodgers got swept by the Cards and Sunday’s loss was a tough one to swallow.
Emmahttp://crzblue.mlblogs.com

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